The universal installer just stopped immediately after trying to read the files off the CD or from a directory. Tried syslinux from a terminal and got the same unsafe permissions at /tmp error JustGreg noted in the Dingo alpha7 bug notes. Running chmod 1777 /tmp cleared this error and syslinux then wrote ldlinux and the MBR correctly to an empty freshly formatted 256Mb fat16 partition on the ideflash card.

A frugal install to that partition then boots and runs ok, but in spite of the pmedia=ideflash parameter being passed correctly (checked in PUPSTATE), PUPMODE is 12, not 13 and the Pup_Save file is mounted to the top layer.

2.17r2 NOP is the last version to install to ideflash 'automatically' and use PUPMODE=13 for me. I have forced this behavior by editing init in some 2.i7 versions, but have yet to get a sucessful init edit using the guidelines for editing in the 3.01 release notes or from the forum. My edited initrd.gz is the same size and permissions as the original initrd.gz, but gives a kernel panic....init not found.

Alas, still at 2.17 for my ideflash systems._________________Pups currently in kennel X-slacko 2.3.2n and 3b6, LxpupTahr 15.02 non-PAE, and trusty Carolina/Carolite (now battleshooters 1.3-vanguard edition R2). All lean and steady pups. Oh, and Lx flavours of unicornpup for fun

Now when I try and play a wmv or a gvi movie file there is sound but there is a blue screen where the movie should be. I have tried it on a couple of files. BTW the gvi are google file type played be for the are of the mpg4 type._________________Live and Let Live

Posted: Mon 07 Apr 2008, 00:52 Post_subject:
Saved wireless setup does not get reusedSub_title: Saved setup won't restart wireless with the same in the next boot

WPA2 wireless setup in the first Puppy 4 Beta (398) is not being reused. Used Menu/Setup/Network Wizard. In Configure network interface for wlan0, setup wireless using WPA2, ran Test wlan0, ran Auto DHCP to get wireless connection (dhcp). [Note: During Wireless/wlan0 setup found error: Puppy Ethernet Wizard/Acquiring WPA connection/Unable to establish WPA connection. However, in the next screen, saw that testing of wlan0 was successful.] After acquiring Auto DHCP address, the message said

Quote:

CONFIGURATION OF wlan0 SUCCESSFUL!
Do you want to save this configuration? If you want to keep this configuration for next boot: click 'Yes'.

I said yes to this. Was able to connect to the internet and browse successfully. At the next boot, have to set this up again. This happens repeatedly. /etc/wpa_supplicant2.conf is correct (I see that my network ssid, psk, proto, key_mgmt, group in this file are correct.) Something else is wrong.

Posted: Mon 07 Apr 2008, 01:02 Post_subject:
File download from Menu/Help system did not work

From Menu/Help, came to http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=27521 and wanted to download firefox package. After the download in progress page, a mini-window appeared giving option to save download. I clicked and activated the save download on disk button, and hit OK. Nothing happened after that no matter how many times I clicked it, and you could see that the OK button was responding (by change in appearance back and forth) without associated action. I closed it and clicked the "If your download does not start, Click here!. " A new and empty window opened.

Finally, gave up on this and had to go to Firefox and input the address to download the file.

Posted: Mon 07 Apr 2008, 02:07 Post_subject:
Re: Saved wireless setup does not get reusedSub_title: Saved setup won't restart wireless with the same in the next boot

bde wrote:

WPA2 wireless setup in the first Puppy 4 Beta (398) is not being reused. Used Menu/Setup/Network Wizard. In Configure network interface for wlan0, setup wireless using WPA2, ran Test wlan0, ran Auto DHCP to get wireless connection (dhcp). [Note: During Wireless/wlan0 setup found error: Puppy Ethernet Wizard/Acquiring WPA connection/Unable to establish WPA connection. However, in the next screen, saw that testing of wlan0 was successful.] After acquiring Auto DHCP address, the message said

Quote:

CONFIGURATION OF wlan0 SUCCESSFUL!
Do you want to save this configuration? If you want to keep this configuration for next boot: click 'Yes'.

I said yes to this. Was able to connect to the internet and browse successfully. At the next boot, have to set this up again. This happens repeatedly. /etc/wpa_supplicant2.conf is correct (I see that my network ssid, psk, proto, key_mgmt, group in this file are correct.) Something else is wrong.

Thanks to rover sending me a message (Cheers) I tried acpi=off and also pfix=ram and managed to get puppy up and did a frugal install. Sadly this just gives me the same result so I will have play with Menu.lst and set acpi=off there but at least I can run puppy.
Tony